Part 1
Video tape every performance……..get your friends , your mom your dentist etc to shoot the band at live gigs as much as possible. The great thing about this is two fold. First you get to see yourself perform, you become the audience. and trust me everyone hates seeing themselves on tape as much as hearing there voice on CD.
The key is to find and correct your weak spots. For many bands its lack of eye contact with the audience I have seen videos where 90% of the time every member of the group is looking everywhere but outward into the crowd. Next will be the dead time between songs or the bad tuning segments or guys who just want to bash drums and guitars just because they think its cool before the song begins. The list goes on .
The other great thing is you can take all these videos load them onto a computer and make a great promotional tape of the band using all the good shots . Mac has a simple program and Widows XP also has a quick movie build program available .Keep the parts moving fast max every three seconds either fade or cut to a new segment . Since the material is from possibly ten shows the chance of syncing music will be impossible so use your best recorded song and use that as the soundtrack to your now new promotional video .
Uses:
Entering Contests ( Band Wars)
Mailing to Conferences
Great for Local Promoters of Festivals
Good for on line promotion on your website
Great keepsake for your parents
Video tape every performance……..get your friends , your mom your dentist etc to shoot the band at live gigs as much as possible. The great thing about this is two fold. First you get to see yourself perform, you become the audience. and trust me everyone hates seeing themselves on tape as much as hearing there voice on CD.
The key is to find and correct your weak spots. For many bands its lack of eye contact with the audience I have seen videos where 90% of the time every member of the group is looking everywhere but outward into the crowd. Next will be the dead time between songs or the bad tuning segments or guys who just want to bash drums and guitars just because they think its cool before the song begins. The list goes on .
The other great thing is you can take all these videos load them onto a computer and make a great promotional tape of the band using all the good shots . Mac has a simple program and Widows XP also has a quick movie build program available .Keep the parts moving fast max every three seconds either fade or cut to a new segment . Since the material is from possibly ten shows the chance of syncing music will be impossible so use your best recorded song and use that as the soundtrack to your now new promotional video .
Uses:
Entering Contests ( Band Wars)
Mailing to Conferences
Great for Local Promoters of Festivals
Good for on line promotion on your website
Great keepsake for your parents
heh the first time I took it to a show people wern't "nice camera" they were "which news crew are you with?" .... assumption of professionalism is handy